Building the Dream

By Corbin Trent, Saikat Chakrabarti & Zack Exley

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The podcast currently has 59 episodes available.

Building the Dream episodes:

July 27, 2020 Taking Power
To fix America’s biggest problems, we think a new generation of leaders need to take power democratically in the system we’ve got. What’s the best way to do that?

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35min
July 25, 2020 Go Big. Please!
When COVID-19 hit America, the bottom fell out of our economy. As millions of Americans started losing their jobs, our government did the unthinkable: they actually come together to pass a real relief package. That bill was the CARES Act, and perhaps the most consequential part of that package was giving every unemployed American an extra $600 a week. It was a lifeline for millions. Unfortunately, that $600/week is set to expire in less than a week, and Congress has not been able to come together on a solution to keep it going.

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1h 8min
July 20, 2020 Mike Wallace's Kid
We talk about the Fox News interview with Donald Trump and about the upcoming expiring unemployment insurance extension.

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48min
July 17, 2020 Some Stuff Went Down
We talk about the upcoming end of extended unemployment insurance, schools re-opening, and federal agents going into cities and states against the wishes of mayors and governors.

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57min
July 16, 2020 Our Search for Leaders
Our country is getting more and more polarized, but there’s one thing that almost everyone can agree on: our politicians suck. So who WOULD we like to see running the country? Who are the real leaders in America that we wish would step up and lead us?

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43min
July 15, 2020 Curb Your Cynicism
We have a tendency to be cynical, but in reality, we’re actually very optimistic! Why else would we actually be trying to get people together to solve America’s biggest challenges? In this episode, we confront our cynicism and what to do about it.

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51min
July 13, 2020 Missing Organs
As jobs have disappeared or replaced with low wage alternatives in America, no one has really given the full story explaining what's going on. We try to talk about that here.

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50min
July 10, 2020 What is the Dream? (Part 2)
We continue the discussion from Thursday to try to describe the dream.

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1h 9min
July 09, 2020 What is the Dream?
In this episode we try to talk about the kind of future we think could be built, and why it's so hard to even describe it.

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35min

FAQs about Building the Dream:

How many episodes does Building the Dream have?

The podcast currently has 59 episodes available.